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Vol. VI Number 17 OffjeiCll Publication of me UnIted States (I)essfederatlon Monday,

M ay 5, 1952

NAJDORF

THE SHOIV! R. IV",,.,,,, USCF V;u-P,tfitlt,,' Ih~ £tli~on Cb~n CI .. b, "na "';elo' M"ry Chen pn/ ..... r.

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RAYMOND A. SMITH TR.OPHY

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]JOOST AMERICAN CHESSI By Joining the U.S.C.F.

STAGES RALLY PosUjo .. No. 91

By Henri Rinck 1st Prize, L'Eco degli Scaeebi

1917

Position N o. 92 By V. K.arolkov and F. Bondarenko From Soviet Chess Compositions

1946-47

White To Play And Win! Conducted bl) W iUiam Rojam

Send I II IOon tribu lions for t h is co lum n to W illia m Rolam, "" CHESS LIFE, 123 No. Humphrey Avenue, Oak Pa r k, illinois.

P OSITION NO. 91 we published in memory of Henri Rinck, the great genius of engume strategy; it WOII a well·deserved first pl"ize.

Pos ition No. 82 is another of the line exam l)Ies of the Soviet school of endgame composition. Both of tbese fine studies were referred to this editor by Problemist Vincent L . Eaton.

In our next installment, we plan to present that rarity, composi · tions by an American co mposer, in a series produced by Mr. Robert S. Brieger of Houston , Texas, who has already appeared in these pages with some excellent exa mples of endgame strategy.

For solutions, please tu rn to Page four.

Wives Enjoy The Prizes Husbands Win

In Edison Chess Club Championship Unique was the word for the prizes awarded in the Edison Chess

Club Championship in Detroit-prizes that wcre appreciated by t he chess widows of all pal'Ucipants who during the event were known to en­sourage hubby to do his best. rather than wondering audibly why he bad to waste time pushing those foolish figures around on a board.

The pr iies C<lnsisted of several sets of Mary Chess Perfume, bottled appropriately in glass vials in the form of various chessmen-a set consisting of one King, one Queen, two Rocks, two Bis11OPs, two Knights and eight Pawns, all filled with delicate Mary Chess perfume.

To the victor wcnt one com· plete sel of 16 pieces, but all the other participants received , accord­ing to final r anking, one or more pieces with the bil-endcrs ob­taining Pawns. This caused a pun­ster to exclaim that even the de­feated enjoyed the scent of vic­tory!

In the part the usual prize awards werc the gift of the late WiUiam Van Dyke , chairman of the Wayne Co~ty Library Board, who passed away on February 4, 1952. Mr. Van Dyke donated ont! set, and anonymous donors pro­vided the other Mary Chess pieces.

niehard F. Mabon was the hus­band of the lucky winner, sC<lring 18'h-2lh to provide his wife with perfume for countless days to come. MahOn drcw with Wiley D . Sanderson and conceded loses to James R. Watson and Marsh J . Gllnnis. Second on SoB points with 171h-3lh was James R. Watson, who lost games to Edward I, Treend, Ralph Gierson and Ed­ward Basherian, while drawing with Riginald M. BtaehIord. Third, also with 17 Y.t-31h, was USCF Vice-President Edward I. Treend who lost games to Mahon, Abra O. Mason, and John A. Lohls, while drawing with Gierson. Marsh

J. Gunnis was fourth with 16-5, and R . M. Bhlchford firth with 15-6 in the 22 player round robin event.

THREE-WAY TIE IN ST. LOUIS

The St. Louis District Tourna­ment. somewhat weakened by the absence o( Robert Steinmeyer, R_ E. Pohle, and John Ragan, ended in a three-way lie at 6-2 betwecn Charles M . Burton, William H. C. Newberry, and Etlgene J . Roesch. There will be no play-off. Other pla.yers in the invitational event finished: Frederic S. Anderson with 4'h-l'h; Missouri State Cham­pion Harry A. Lew, Roland A. AI· piser, and Edmund Godbold with 3·5 each; Lewis W. Haller w j t h 2'h·S\02; Raymond VoUmar with 2-6.

WADE CAPTURES PUGET OPEN

"Oan Wade of Seattle took the Pu­get Sound Open 5Y.z·%. drawing with Ted Warner who placed sec· oug with 5-1. Third in the 6 round 9 player Swiss was Glenn Muller with 4-2. Warner also drew with Joe Cerretelli, while ?trwler lost ga mes to Wade and Warner. Fourt..~ place went to Ken Mulford with 3'h·21h, losing to Wade and War ner, and drawing with H. O. Skarsten.

RESHEVSKY LEAD CO~MANDING

As We New York section of the Reshevsky-Najdorf match ended, formen<f U.S. Champion Reshevsky held the impressive lead of 7-1 ov­er his opponent. Drawing the fifth and eighth ga me, Reshevsky won the other six for an advantage that can scarcely be overcome in the remaining ten ga mes, even by superhuman play upon the part of Najdorf. The rest of the match will 'be contested in Mexico City and~ San Salvador. I

At Mexico City, Na jdorf rallied to win and draw the first two games. ______ _

ADAMS TRIUMPHS IN NEVADA OPE N

William T. Adams of San Jose (calif.) won the Nevada Open ' Championship at Reno and pos­session of the beautiful Raymond A. Smith trophy with 7·1 score in the 30 player 8 round Swiss event. Adams was undefeated , but drew with 1\1. :r.f. Gcdcnce and .James J. Jackson. Gedence tlla~P.d !':P.r.I)OO

with 61h·1 Y.t, winning the Nevada State tiUe. He was also undefeated but drew with Adams, J3ckson, and Louis N. Page or" Salt Lake City. Third and fou r th on SoB points with equal 5106.211.. scores were atomic scientist William Benedetti of Las Vegas and SaIt Lake City Chess Club president Farrell Clark. Ben· edctti lost to Adnms and Chappuis. and drew with Gaston Chaptluis. Clark lost to Benedetti a nd Don Crawford of Boise, and drew with Glen Buckendorf of Buhl.

This strongest oC Nevada tourneys had five participants from Californ­ia, six from Utah. live from Idaho and thirteen from Nevada. It was sponsored by Raymond A. Smith, co-owner of the famous Harold's Club, who provided the beautiful trophy , the prizes, a gala banquet and a special $10C).(M) prize to the blind Idaho player Don Crawford for his brilliant victory over Clark,

NJSCF REQUESTS ASS'N BY-LAWS

The New Jersey State C h e s s Federation is rewriting its consti­tution and by·laws, and requests that other State Associations furn­ish it wil h copies of their own con· stitutions for study and compari­son. Copies or such by.13ws should be sent to Morl"is C. Shulman, NJ· SCF President, 397 East 27th St., Paterson 4, N. J.

POMAR, GLiGORIC PLAN SIMULS

The two distinguished E uropean masters, Arturito Pomar, now 20, and Svctozar GHgoric, both play· ing in the International Tourney at Los Angeles, arc available for si· multaneous da l.es . Interested clubs m ay contact e ithcr player, care of lIerman Steiner , 108 No. Formosa Ave., Los Angeles, Calif.

CO MING

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USCF Rating System by USCF ~ating Statician Kenneth Ha rk­ness.

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Vol. VI, Number 17 Monday, May 5. 1952 -. MAGNANIMA MENZOGNA!

WE h'\ve ;lI~t finished n(lrusinJ! a bulleUn entitled in slightlv mal!'nil· oqucnt nride "The Greatest American Chess Event Ever To Be Held" ; and with the poet of "Jerusalem Delivered" we were tempted to cx· claim in admiration: "Magnanim011s lie! And when was truth so beauti· ful that it could be preferred to thee?"

This brochure was prepared to extol the merits of (he intercity match between Philadelphia and Washington at the Aberdeen Proving Grol1nd.~. and we havA no ollarrpl with its cont"nt~ in so far as the match itself is concerned. We doubt if it could be termed by any stretch of ima gination the "greatest American chess event," but the promoters should be pardoned a little prideful hyperbole, Certainly, if number.<; -'Ire a criterion. a~ the au thor of the bulletin sP.ems to think , the match at Aberdeen docs not compare with either or the two USA vs. Canada overboard m at.ch<!s that were played from COtlst to coast and were much more important from the point of social and Dromoti(mal nubJicity to cheJ::s. And . as a matter of fact. it was scarcely larger than the annuat matches between Chicago and Milwaukee which were played during the thirties and about which neither city made exorbitant cla ims on the basis of numerieal participation. It is also doubtful if such an int!!rcity match is more important than sllch focal events as ilie U.S. Opens which in recent year:> have becn almost as large. We do not mean to disparage intercity matches, fm' they arc a very important factor in chess development; but we suggest that they be viewed with a sense of proport ion.

But we do object to the misinformation disseminated on pages three and rour 01 this bulletin regarding the Laws of Chess. Mr . Whit· aker snys: "Tllere are no laws at present! They vary in differcnt countries, they have been amendcd often, they are not uniform, and are .in chaotie condition." Surely Mr. Whitaker, as a self'appointed reviser of tbe Laws of Chess, must be well enough informed on his chosen subject to know that this statement is incorrect. But as his readcrs may not 80 weU informed, we will state briefly that the Laws of Chess issued by FIDE in 1929 are still in lorce, they are the Laws officially recogni'!:cd not only by the United States Chess Fcderation, but a lso by almost aU foreign chess fedcrations which are members of the FIDE. This means that the FIDE Code is being uscd today in the l[nited Slates, Great Britain and almost all of Europe-aud any statement to the contrary is misleading and incorrect.

That thcse Laws needed complete revision has long been recognizcd (it was l'ecognizcd before Mr. Whitaker began his activity) and FIDE has been endeavoring to create a new code for a number of years. As Mr. Whitnker sagely comments, " It is not easy to write the laws of

. Chess"; :ind consequently FIDE is acting in wisdom to consider thc matter carefully and nut to acccpt the first version presented to it.

In the October 5, 1949 issue of CHESS LIFE, we published the present FIDE Code, the proposed new code prepared by Mr. Wood's committee and Mr. Purdy's criticism of the Wood proposal and own suggestions for a ncw codc. At that time we invited our readers to submit suggestions and ideas for a revised code for forwarding to the F IDE Commillee. Aside from a well· prepared document from Mr. Cbristin of Canada, there was no response, as the readers were evidently willing to leave the matter of code revision to experts. For that reason we did not publish the latter proposals or the Frencb Chess Federation and of FIDE President Rogard, although the U.S. Federa· tion has had lhe text of thesc proposals fo r study and consideration for some five months (since early in November, 1951).

For elarity, it might -be added that Mr . . Whitaker heads a com· mittee that was appointed by the Southern Chcss Association, and is presumably authorized by that body to prepare a code for that par· ticular Assodation; he has not been authorized to prepare a code for the United Stales Chess Federation, as a hasty reading of his bulletin might ~uggest to the readcr.

Montgomery M aivr

IDAHO STATE CHAMPIONSHIP • Twin Falls, 1'152

1. L Kimplon (Twln Falls) ._ ..... \\'1 02 03 Wll W4 D6 W9 W5 6H~ 35.00 2. W. Taber (Reno, Nev.) ......... D7 U3 Dl W8 W13 W4 Wli D5 6 -2 31.50 3. H . Dittmann (Salt Lake, U.) ._.W7 02 W IO fl ~J3 {¢n ~~ g~2 :~i: ~:~ ~: ~: ~'!~~~~~;!r (~~n~r)""::::::::::~~ ~~ ~'{O O~ Ll Wll U WI4 4t:3~ W.OO Ii. Lloyd Kimpton (Twin l"a118) •. L2 010 W3 01 011 013 D9 W14 4~·3~ 19.50 7. C. H. Stew!'rt (BoIse) .............. D2 L3 Ll W4 tV9 ~ ~~?! ifl22 :~:~~ ~::iil: :: ~: :.1~;::hy(B~ln "F;"ii5)'''::::::~l7 'i.\~ Lit ifa13 W\3 D6 Wt3 WI2 4 -4 12.25 10. Raymond Smith (Reno, N"v.) 3~4~ (15.00); 11. O. Crawford (Boise) 3~4~ (10.25); 12. J. Kinney (Twin Falls) 3·5 (11.1)0); 13. S. Sampson (Twin Falls) 2~-51 (9.75); 14. n. Brede (Twin t'nll$) t·7.!. (1 . 75).

Result$ not in round order.

by Vincent L. Eaton

Address all communications to 'his column to Vincent L. Eaton, '12 McNeill A~d, Silver Spring, Mlryla nd. .

Problem No. 117 Ptoblcm No. Jl8 BV Montgomery Ma ior

Oak Park, III ; F irst Publication

By Vincent L. Eaton Silver Spring, Md. First Publication

81 .. ck: 10 men Black: S men

Problcm N o. HIJ By R. C. O. Matthews

2nd Prile, British Chess Maguine 1951

For solutions to previously published problems, please turn to page 4.

NORTH CAROLINA CHAMPIONSHIP Durha m , 1951

I. K. Crittenden (Raleigh) ........ W2 w20 011 WI3 W3 4 ~. ~ 13.:;0 2. Dr. J. U. Gunte .· (Dllrham) ........... .1.1 W9 \VIR W6 W5 4 .1 14.50 3. A. G. Ashbrook (Charlotte) ................ WI2 \V8 W I3 \v1 LI 4 ·1 14.50 4. Paul L. Cromelin (Cha"loUe, .............. 1.6 W12 WI7 WtO W7 4·1 I~.OO 5. W. J. P e t crs (Durham) ...................... W8 W6 L7 \V1l L2 3 ·2 15.50 6. G. C. Harwell (Durham) ...................... W4 T,~ WB L2 -,\'12 .1 ·2 15.00 7. T. E .. \lakens \pine"llle) .................. . WI7 WI9 Wii L3 IA 3 .2, 13.00 II. M M y Vetl", ([lurham) ............... L5 . L3 WI6 WIll 'W13 .1·2 11.50

Ig ~ {I H~tb:'~d(~3h~~::ehill) ':::.::::::::.:t~~ W15 ;X~~ f417 ~g ~:~ g:~g 11. Bill Crowder (Greensboro) ................ WI6 W14 0 1 L5 L9 2~·2U 14.00

}!: ~,~~e8~~n',;,:~1l~~~J,S~~\~~;C1~~ 2gJJ~·~W 1j: 'li. \c~I!~n (bS:~u~J~:e)I~~~~ (i~:~li rr4.5~;: WWi.r~. (~~;f:': (~~~ ~~.:~) ({.409{{4.JJi; V9. ~~:'~~ng. 1Y,:':I~lal~lJ{~~.~ft'~llel~1 1·4 (lO.{M)· 2(1. Wm. Chapman (Durham) 1·4 (1 .00).

Chapn'an wilhdraw after seeond r ound. Solkoff points used 10 break Ues.

SOUTH TEXAS OPEN Houston, 1951

1. Clay Merchant (Houston) _ .......... _ .. W7 W4 02 W5 W6 4 ~. ~ 14.75 2. C. F. Tear.!; (Dallas) ... _ ......................... W17 W8 01 WI0 W" 4}- ! 12.7S 3. George Smith (Hollston) ...................... W20 WI2 .... ; W8 Wll 4 · ) '.00 ~. Robert .Brieger (Hollston) .................. 019 I . t WI4 W13 WII) 3Hil 6.7S S. Dr. S. Agmon (Hollswn) .................. _ .. WHi W16 \V3 LI L2 J.2, 8.00 6. R. J. Bloomfield (Lak" Jackson) ...... "1'13 WI4 Ll0 WI5 LI J .2, 6.50 7. Blake Stevens (San Anlonio) .............. Ll 1,11 W20 WIG WI2 J 2 5.50 O. Kenneth Sm.th (Dallas) .................... W22 L2 W9 L3 W I4 3 ·2 5.00 9. Me"ls R. Smith (Hollston) ................ LI 2 W22 UI WI9 W15 3 .2 3.S0

10. D. B. M~rtin (Fort Worth) ..... . .......... 0111 W13 Wli L2 lA 2>2~ 6.25 11. Wm. A. Bills (Houston) ..................... L I4 W7 Wlii 012 Ll 2 ;'·2 ~ G.25 12. LouiS Dln~ Wort Worth) .................. W!! 1.3 WI7 Oil L7 2~·n 6.25 13. WOldo Waters (Lake J"ek~onl ......... L6 LIO 021 W~!O W18 :!1.·2 ~ 2.7~ 14. M. D. Blumenthal (Hou~tol\) 2·3 (4.50); 15. NO:II'n\~n Nippell (Ho"8ton) 2·3 (2.50)'

~~ g:Jt fa:Sj~~~:nA.«(~:":;;;~~t~~(~~~p~·; ~~~tl) lr~.g (~75~CI?~~lt~ d1~~c~~s~hj M.~~~lg:t) a~1\ ?i1~f; 2~:i. \l~r'~er,~J:la (~~~~~~t~n) It5 {o(g.~) . 21. Lloyd Pessarra

WASHINGTON STATE CHAMPIONSHIP Seattle, 1952

1. OlaI Ulvestad (SeaUle) ......................... _ .... __ ._ . ......... x 0 2.. Dr. A. A. Murray (Olympia) .. _._._._ I x 3. Churles Ilallantlne (ScalUe) .. _ ..................... _._ ...... 0 0 x 4. Dan Wade (Seattle) .............. 0 0 0 x

~: y;;,:es ~~~~"ln (fs::~:rk::::::::::::::::::::::: : ::::: .. :::::::::::::·:::8 ~ 0 g ~ x ~: t~~nsa~:p~:::t(S~~~~~\'e! .............................. :::::::::::::.6 ~ 1 g g ~ 9. I"loyd Hebert (Seattle) ........... ..... ...... ......... .. .... .... 0 0 0 0 0 0

Ulvestad won the play"off g~mu froDl Or. Mun~y. NEVADA OPEN CHAMPIONSH IP

Reno, 1951'

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1. W. Adam$ (San Jose, Cal.) .... W21 W\O W3 W22 W!5 02 011 W5 7·1 31.50 2. M. Gcd,-,n~e (L. Vegas, Nev.) W23 Wl4 0!2 Oll W22 01 W.1 W7 6;H ~ 28.50 3. Bened~lti (L. Vegas, Nev.) W28 W5 J.l 013 W4 W6 1,2 WIl 5~·2~ 24.50 4. F. Clark (Salt Lake, U .) ... .-.W20 W21 L22 Wl1 L3 W23 D7 WI2 5~·2~ 21.00 5. W. Tabel' (Reno, Nev.) .......... WII 1.3 W9 D1 012 W22 ',VIS L l 5·3 21.75 6. P. Nerr (Sail Lake, U .) ........ WI7 015 Lll WI6 W!:! 1..1 Ot2 W14 5·3 20.75 7. G. Bueke ndorl (BuM, Ida.) \VIS L I2 W25 D5 W26 WI4 D4 1.2 5 ·3 18.75 II. L. Kimpton (Filer. Ida.) ........ L5 Wl9 1. 14 D24 WI6 D9 W23 WI" 5·3 111.50 9. W. lfendri"ks (Calif.) ............ 011 0 13 1..5 W30 010 D8 \VIS WI7 5..J 18.00

:t ~~~~~N~f~: ,{·.}~~N!~j)of24\J'I~ ~~5 D':25 g:" 'j'f1~3 ~: 7 ~22 :~jl ~t~ 1.2. L . P age (Salt Lake, U.) _ .... _ wn W1 D2 LI5 05 W2G IJ6 IA 4 ~..J~ 19.00 13. G. Chappuis (Salt Lake, 0.) DI6 D9 W20 D3 L6 LIO W26 W24 H..J~ 16.25 14. H. Wood (San J ose, Cal.) .. W1 9 f.1 W8 D26 011 L7 W22 L6 4 -t 15.25 15. G. Kirby (San Jose, Cal.) .. W;W D6 WIU WI2 Ll 0 11 1.5 f.8 4 -4 14.25 16. R. Day (Cauon C;ty, Nev.) •. 013 Lll. W28 1.6 1.8 W2I D19 W23 4 -4 12.50 17. n. KlJJan Wallon, Nev.) ...... L6 D28 W30 L4 W24 \V25 DlQ 1.9 4 -4 10,,';0

~~: ~a~fa[!~~~~E~[tz(~~~~.)I~~:1!3~6~lo)~102~~)b;,91,PtrO~~s~~(~e~~eU4: 1I (~~00~;·2~i~ D. Crawford (Boise, Ida.) 3·5 (11.50) ; 23. Irvin Taylor (Salt Lake, U.) 3·6 (10.50); 24. Gabor Istvan,,1 (Ne\·.) 3-5 (9.25); 25. !·' red Soil' {Nev.) 3·5 (1.75); 26. Herman Dittmann (Salt Lake, V.) 3·5 (7.50); 27. W. G. B1au (Carson City, Nev.) 3..5 (4.00); 28. Dr. D. M"lnturff (Sunnyvale, Cullf.) 2·6 (4.25); 29. John Culnan (Nev.) 1·7 (3.50); 30. R. A. Smith (Reno, Nev.) 1·7 (1.00).

C!.eJJ ofl/e .In new YOP/'

By Eliol H l'ars /

It requires no great insight or penetrating analysis to ' discover what's on the minds of aU New York chess fans right now and cer­tainly this same bit of chess news will cause many gasps of astonish­ment and surprise as it reaches the chess centers throughout the nation and the world. We are re­ferring of course to Reshevsky's overwhelming and certainly insur­mountable 7·1 lead over Najdorf at the conclusion of the first lap of their important match. With but ten games remaining, half in Mex­ico City and the othcr five in San Salvndor, Najdorf can retain little hope of salvaging anything but his honor; a few victories , at 1('ast, m ight serve to put him back on his feet in the chess world and satisfy his m any disallus ioncd ad­mirers.

Certainly no one suspected that thc outcome would be so Qne-sidcd. Tn this struggle. billed as the "championship of the Western, non­communistic world", bot.h players were given equal chances for vlc­tory and there werc no precHctions at all of certain victory for nne contestant or the other. Hnd not Naidorf j:!'one unddeated for over a year. now playing almost continu; ously ill master tourneys and had not Reshevsky 'Droven his 0 w n itl'eat skill by finishing no worse in any tourney sinee the 1948 World Chamnionships? . It Is not for us here to try to ' explain the unex­f\pctpn result .. ~xc~nt. to )'llpntion that Reshevsky's famous clUaJities - determination, rerusal to quit , and incisive nlay in t ime Dressure - are certainly factors in which Na.klorf apnears to be rather de­ficient ; in fact. most of his losses came as a dircct result of superior rapid play by the American wheg both were short of time and of Re· !lhevskY's tenacity i:l unfavorable ])Ositlons. Another point may J>C r­naps be added; winning the first ~2me gave thc former U.S. Cham­pion a distinct psychological ad­vantage, cspccinlly since Najdorf attackcd vigorously and made no pretense of bcing amenable to a draw. After an initial ddent in mntchplay, one cannot sit back and be content to play solid chcss; unlike t'ournaments, when someone else may knock off the leader and l'egain the lost point, one must at· tempt to regain it oneself by vig­orous play. Perhaps this may e~ plain Najdorf's rashness and lack of consideration for positional solid­ity in the next few games. At any rate Reshevsky, with s ix wins and two draws in the first eight games can well be proud of his achieve· ment, and the prcstige of American chess has ccrtninly benefittcd from his sm ashing play in competition with anothcr of thc world's top masters .

Arturito Pomar, before lcaving for California and the international tourney scheduled to begin there April 26th, gave several exhibitions in the metropolitan area and the youthful Spanish master created quite a sensation (among the wo­men at least!) by reCusing to de­feat a single member of the fairer sex in simultaneous play. Eve n though materially ahead or in a tremendous position, Pomar al­ways offered a draw whcn the fin· ish was in s ight - an offer rarely refused! A humorous incident can be related in connection with the nne defiant refusal made: at his Marshall C.C. exhibition Pomar was a queen ahead in the end game and was obviously shocked when his opponent, Mme Von Haeb­ler, dbdained his proffer of a half­point The twenly·year-old exhibit­or finally managed to exchange all the pawns and then, remaining with a queen and king again~!... his doughty foe's lone monarch, fore­~ a cute stalemate and thus avoid· erl breaking his vow of "nunca ven­cer a una mujer". The results oj

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???? Fred Winel Memorhll

Tourmllme nt J ersey C ity, N.J .

Will begin shortly, date un­specified, at Jersey City YMCA Chess Club as 100% USCF rated event; for details contact Wm. Walbrecht at the colub or tele­phone So. Sq. 3.(1147.

M." 17·18 Indiana ShiN Championship

Logansport, I "d. Begins at Barnes Hotel, Logan­

sport at 7:00 p .m. Saturday, May 17; five round Swiss; open to all Indiana residents including stu· dents attending Indiana schools; first place ties decided in round robin, otherwise S·B tie-breaking; for details write: D. E. Rhead, 2715 Green St., Gary, Ind.

M~ 17·18 Central Washingttln Champion­

ship Yakima, W ash _ Open to residents cast of the Cas­

cades ; begins 2:00 p .m. May 17 at Yakima Business College, 416 West Yakima Ave.; tor details Wl'ite: Oliver LaFreniere, 2807 W. Yakima Ave., Yakima, Wash.

M.:ry 22-1'1 South Dakota State Championship

Rapid C ity, So. D ek. Open to all, state title to ranking

resident; six round Swiss; play begins 1:30 p.m. Thursday, May 22 at Montana-Dakota Utilities Hos­pitality Room , Rapid City; entry fee $5.00; for details , write: M. F_ Anderson, Box 1466, Rapid City, So. Dak.

June 7-8 28th Tra ns-MiS5issippi

Champion,.h ip Davenport, Iowa

Open to all; conducted by Tri­City Chess Club at Davenport (.;h:lInber of Comm~"ce; 6 round Swiss; entry Ice $5.00; $00.00 first prize ; $227.00 cash prizes plus merchandise and specitl l awards; entries clolle at 12!15 p.m. CST, Saturday : play ends 8:00 p.m. Sunday; bring clocks if avaUable; for delails , write : John Warren, 1336 15th St., Rock Island, 111.

' June lJ -11 North Carolln. Open Championship

Wilmington, N .C , Open to all, out-ot-state players

invitcd. ; at Community Center; be­gi.r.s 7:00 p .m. Friday June 13; 6 round Swiss; prizes; membership in NCCA required; a rated tour­nament; for detai ls, write: Mr. Harris, Director, Department of Recreation, Wilminiton, N.C.

July J·6 Southern Chess Au'n

Che mpionship Meridien, Miss.

Open event; Swiss tourney; pri­zes; at Great Southern Hotel un­der auspices of Meridian C h 0 5 s Club; details later.

AU",I"I I -f Coloredo Open Championship

Denver, Colo. Open to all: two cbampions, -open

and slate; $100.00 cash li.rst prize; entry fcc $6.00; for details, write: Merl W. Reese, tournament direc­tor, 1140 GleDann, Denver 2, Colo.

TRAYERS WINS MASS SCHOLASTIC

Victory in the 16 player SwillS II.{ a ss a eh u se tts Interschol­astic Cha mpionship at Phi Iii p s Brooks House in Cambridge went to John 'J'rayers of Salem High with a perfect 6..() score. Second place on S·B points went to Shel­bourne Lyman of Boslon La tin, while David Rosenbaum of Brook­line High placed third, also willi 5·1. Fourth and firth on SoB points with equal 4·2 scores were Gerald Farrah ot Boston English and Ed­ward Snyder of Perkins Institute. Edward.Snyder and his school mate Robert Rathbun wbo placed in a tic for seventh with 3-3 deserved special commendation for t bel r high ranking, in that they played under the bandicap of blindness.

RUBINOW WINS MASS STATE MEET

Sol Rubinow, noW of Boston, won the 20 player 6 round Swiss Mass. achusetts State Championship in Boston with ~Ph>~, drawing one game with Sbelbourne Lyman, who placed second with 5-1. Ly­man also drew with C. Heising. Reising placed third with 'lh-l'"h; lesing a game to Rubinow. Fourth to sixth on SoB points with equal 4.2 scores were S. E. Dreyfus, Har­low B. Daly, and W. M_ P. Mitch­ell. Dreyfus lost to Lyman and Calha mer; Daly lost ga mes to Ru­binow and John Hubert; and Mitch­ell lost to Dreyfus and A. B_ Cal­hamer.

By agreement, Rubinow will de· lend the State tiUe a gainst the lbree top scorer!; in a tournament held at Northampton and the vic­tor of an event on the North Shore in a small tourney to be held at Worehesler. Victor in this event will be declared the State Cham· pion.

In the Massachusetts B Class Tournament held at Cambridge, the victory went to S. Lorris with 6-0 in a 4 player 6 round Swiss. Sec­ond was G. Maher with 5-1, los­ing. a game to Lorris, while H_ Narry placed third with 4-2, losing games to Maber and G. Nute, who placed fourth on S-B with 3Y,,:-2lh, while Dr. Lement placed fifth, also with 3'h -2'h.

TAYLOR HI TOPS WEST PA LEAGUE

TaYlor-AUderoiee High S c h 0 0 1 won the Western Pennsylvania Scholastic Chess League Utal by de­feat ing Ambridge High 8Jh .. {Ph in a serics of three matches held at the Downtown Y Cbess Club of Pittsburgb. Tbe Taylor-Allderdiee team will now meet Central High School or Philadelphia to deter­mine the Pennsylvania Scholastic Team Championship.

ANDERSON SCORES DOUBLE VICTORY

Frank A. Anderson of Toronto scored .:I double victory in quiek succession by taking the Toronto City Championship 61h·l lh on Son points and then winning, again on S-B points the Ontario Provin­cial title with 4l1.! -1J,i.

In the Toronto City Anderson shaded Ross Siemms, who led most oj the way, and finished in see­onl also with 61/.r.-H~ ,losing his last round game to A. Lidacis. Ander­son a nd Siemms drew in their personal encounter.

In the Ontario Provincial Ander­son lost a game to John Despard nnd drew with L. Z. Sarosy. Dcs­pard, who also scored 41h-Ph,lost n game to Ivan Suk, who finished third with 4-2 on SoB points, and · drew with Ross Siemms. Siemms placed 10urth on SoB points with 4-2, wh ile Earl T. Jewitt was tilth, also with 4-2.

COL:O RADO OPEN BECKONS TO ALL

The second annual Colorado Op­cn Championship, August 1-4, beck­ons chess vacationists with the lure of $100.00 easb first prite and all the beautiful scenery that a chess fa mily could desire. The Denver Chamber of Com mer c e plans a series of side trips to the Garden of the Gods, Pikes Peak, etc. for the chess widow and chil­dren while deserted by their hus­bands . City and State Champions from 10 states competed in I a s t year 's event, from New J ersey to California; and the sponsors antici­pnte that every state in the union will 'be rcprcsentcd in the coming event.

P AR'"""K;;:EC;;:R- C- A7Cp""'T""'U=R ES PORTLAND TITLE

Dwight Parker with 8'n-l ilh score won the Portland (Me.) City Cham· pionship in the tournament spon­sored by the Portland YMCA Cbess Club. Second place went to Dr. J . Melnick with 8-2, wbile Raymond Duval finished third with 7-3 in the 11 player round robin event.

BAIN APPOINTED AS MOSCOW ENTRY

u.s. Women's Champion Mary Bain has been designated by FIDE Vice·President Harold AI. Phillips as the official U.S. entry in the Wo­men 's World Championship Candi­dates Tournament at Moscow this year. President Phillips also desig­nated former U.S. Women's Co­Cham pions, N. May Karl( and .Gi­sella K. Gresser, as alternates to the event, recommending that they be invited to fill any vacancies oc­curing by the inability of scheduled contestants to compete. Mis s Kar{f and M,·s. Gresser participat­ed in the first Woman's W 0 ri d Championship event jn Moscow, while U.S. Women's Champion Mary Bain represented the USA at Stockholm some ycars ago.

GORDON, JOYNER TIE IN L. A. CO.

The Los Angeles County Cham­pionship ended in an lJ lh -2lh tie between Morris Gordon and Lionel Joyner. Raymond Martin was third with 11-3, tied with Steve Mazner1. while Sven A1mgren and Arthur Spiller tied for fifth with 9-5 in what was a vcry close contest.

Gordon lost games to Joyner and Mazner, while drawing with Sam Geller. J oyner lost to Almgren and drew with John Keckhut, La r r y Woron1.Ort, and Herbert Abel. Mar­tin lost to Gordon, Joyner a nd WoronzoIT, while Mazoer lost to

·J eyner, Martin and Almgren_ Mrs. Gregor Piatrigorsky did well, fin ­ishing with 411.1-9* in very tough competition.

Joyner won a play-off match 3-1 to gain undisputed possession of the county championship title.

BRASK TR IUMPHS IN ATTLEBORO

Sven Brask, undefeated, won the 1952 Attleboro City Championship with 13-1 in th~ 15 I1I t1 y~r contest, outpointing runner·up Frank Gus­lafson who fin ished with 12!fl·lll.l ror second place. Ora!ik drew with Gusta.fson and Rebert Burns.

At the annual banquet, heM at the conclus ion of thc tournament.., Orask ~ave a simultancous exhibi­tion against the other entra nts in the tournament, scoring brilliant­ly wilb 9 wins, 3 draws and 2 los­scs.

OVEREEM WINS BERGEN-PASSAIC

The 20 player 5 round Swiss Ber­gan.Passaic Counties Championship went to Henry Overeeb with 4lh -1f.r: on S·B points. Second place with 41h:_ Ih went to Saul N. Yarmak who drew in his encounter with the victor. Third to ninth with equa l 3·2 scores were Rober t Clayton, AI Eitmanas, S. Woold­r idge, Jerry Potash, Alfrl!d Cheavr Isaac Yarmak and ZoItan Farkas.

CHI'PMAN TOPS WASH JUNIOR

On SoB poin~ Dennis Chipman of Seattle won the Washington State Junior Championship with 5-1. Second, also with 5-1 , was Allen Clark. Third' and fourth with equal 4-2 scores on s-n points were Oli· ver LaFreniere and Ted Warner. Chipman lost a gam;e to LaFre­niere while Cltlrwk bowcd to Chip­man in their e ncounter. Fre­ner in the 6 round 11 player Swiss event, while Warner was downed by Chipman and drew with J or+ i en Baden and Douglas Gorton.

DREIBERGS TOPS SAGINAW VALLEY

Leon Dreibcrgs scored 5-0 to win the Saginaw Valley Championship tit Saginaw (Mich.) in a 12 play· er 5 round Swiss. Second place went to LaVerne Morgan with 4-1, losing a game to Dreibergs. Third to sixth on SoB points with equal 3·2 scores were AI Brauer, John Reddy, John Lapin and Preston Higley.

N. Y. CHESS LIFE (Continued from pa~ 2, (01. S)

his exhibitions are, for the record, as follows: at the Marshall CoCo 17 wins, 2 losses and 3 draws; at (be London Terrace C.C. II wins, 3 los­ses and 4 draws; and in .two dis­plays at the Spanish Benevolent Society (which by the way hns quite a number of enthus iastic ebesspiayers) he scored a total of 37 wins, 4 losses and 2 draws. Spec· tators are immediately impressed by Pornar's unhestitating play; he moves more quickly than any oth­er master your reporter ha s ever seen exhibiting. For other c I u h players throughout the nation who may meet Pomar in simultancous play some day soon, here's a belp­ful h int on preparing an opening - quite a Ia Weaver Adams, he plays P -K4 on all boards!

IN BRIEF: An unexpected upset of the Marshall C.C. by the N.Y. Academy of Chcss in the a nnua}, Met League matches leaves the Manhattan C. C., 3-0, clearly in first place. With two rounds to go, culminating in the traditional Mar­shall-Manhattan last round strug­gle, Academy and Marshall a re tied for second with 2-1. Marshall Reserves and Columbia 1-2, and London Terrace 0-3 are the other competitors this year.. .In their yearly tandem simultaneous on the Columbia University campus, E. Hearst and J. Sherwin scored 57 wins, 3 draws, and 5 losses in an exhibition lasting seven hours. . . Svetozar Gligorich, who is also competing in the inlernatinal tour­ney in Los Angeles, scored Z7 wins and 4 draws in his display at tbe Log Cabin C.C.).ie will return to New York later for m,ore displays at other metropolitan chess cen­ters, probably in May.

Alekhine's Career (Continued from page 3, (01. S)

"Military measure!!" werc ma inly ilPpliw in Qrder to get for them leaves or absence and to hold open for them, for the time of their being "commandeered" to the lournament, their places of employ­ment.

Anothcr "military" aspect of the tourna mcnts was Ihat the par­ticipants were quartered In the bar· racks of the hieher organizational courses of Vsevobuch. Since they also had to take their meals there, they received only the rather "scanty" (lIyin·Zhenevsky) rations allotted to the studen~ or these course, and this almost led to a strike of the .masters who sub­mitted the rollowing ultim atum :

Announum.nt of of the AII .. Run~n

In vl.w of Ihe l erlor.t lon of Ihe w. consider It an_

~~~~: ~~':roU"ndo~r Ino :e~~~~tt,~of~ conllnue the tourn. ment . nd w1ll be forced to d iscontlnuo It Ii of Sunday Octotar 17 unl,n thoe fol · lowing demandS will be complied with: 'I . n .d ... nce of 15,000 rubl" per

penon; 2 ) whatever cheew Is len, Is to be

handed o .. er d onu 10 the pn· ttciplnts;

3) the bread ration hH to be In_ c ... ased or a compecnlatlon for b .... d In some olher form '0 be gr;tnted;

4 ) c;gu.1s ftev. to beo ,I ... n out .t one •.

P. itomansky. A. Kubb • • , I. R;oblno. .. lch, I. Golubev, la. Oanlusol'lvsky, Mund, G . Levertflth, (lIyln.Zhenenky. op.dt. P. 44; this "ultimatum h , Iso menlion" by Alekhlne In "Schuhleben In Sowlet­Russland" p_ XI.I

EXCUSE IT! In lis ling the contributions to

the U.S. Championship Tourna­ment, the $25.00 conthbution at­trbuted to Dr. O. M. Wchrley should have been credited to the Milwaukee Chess Ass'n oI which Dr. Wchrley is treasurer; and like­wise the $25.00 contribution attrib­uted to A. E. E lo should have been credited lO the Wisconsin State Chess Ass'n of whieh Mr. Elo is treasurer. We regret that these two errors occurred.

BOOST AMERICAN CHESSI By J oining the U.S.C.F.

SAVE THESE DATES-JULY 14-2S U. S. OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP AT TAMPA

P_ 3

MOn(J~, M4)' 1, 1912

-4f.Uine '. Gar!'I Che,u Career

Additional Data B, A. Buschke

V: AlEKHINE IN SOVIET-lAND

DURING the year 1920, I1yin­Zhenevsky's impact on Russian and especially Moscow chess life becomes more and more apparent,

As Commissar of the Head Office of General Military Education ("Vscvobuch"~an a bbreviation for "Vseobschchee Voennoe Obuehe­nie," incorrectly transliterated and translated by Alekhine on p. IX of "Schaehlcben in Sowjet-Russland"), he

participated wi th eminen' special· Isis In the field of phYSOc lO l cultu~ {Fitkultu rOl) In devising programs for the pre--clraft training of the work.n (and) SU9ge$ted to them to Includ. In these programs .Iso the sludy of chess.. I was prompted to make th is suggestion by lhoe circum. s lanco thOiI in talking of sPOrt Ih.y appnlsed it not from t he peint of view of its influence on the phys ic'" ~rt of men, but from t he poinl of vl.w of its Influence on the human c~rach! r. The principal va lue of S4>0rt_ they sa ld--<onsfsls in pe r­fecting spirituOlI qU OIllties In men, which a re el<lremely Important for fighten. Here by force the par,lIel with chess offered itse lf. Chess, too, and in many ;n, tOl nces even more th.n sport, brings out (ourage, [n­.. entivene,!. coldblo~...,5S, will, In men, _nd. mMt important, .nd Ihlt cannot be ~.id of sports. ches! dev~lops in men strategic abilities. (lIyn'Zhene""ky, in "Memoirs of • Soviet Master"~Ru~ .. lan--lt29, p. 38-39).

His suggestion was carr ied out, and the heads of the branch offkes of "Vsevobueh" were instructed to " cultivate" chess and to organize chess clubs; the Vscvobueb organ " K Novoi ArmW' opened, under lIyin·Zhenevsky's direction, the rirs t Soviet chess department; not enough with this,

'n order 10 gl .. e th.s chess depart­ment the wkfl!$ l c'.cul"tion, _

r~~'~ i~:::; o;:~ ... '!)~t.:ur:f!d: special sheets. which .e elr'Cutated for _ mod.st fee among th_ Moscow chess play.,.,. thus collecting .... anl for a chess organization. (lIy ln­Zhen ... sky, ibid.)

By one or those strange and fortunate coincidences , the head of the Moscow local of "Vseovobuch" happened to be V. N. Russo, a well-known checkers ("Shashki") player and an enthusiastic sup­porter of both chess and checkers. He immediately took a very active part in cstablishing in Moscow a central chess and eheekers club, found "luxurious" quarters-evcn Alckhine mentions "ein glaenzen. des Logis von 6 Zim mern" ("splen­did quarters of 6 rooms")-and heated ones, at that; in the heart of Moscow.

Wben in the sprint or 1920 the idea of an All·Russian Sports Olympiad to be staged in the faU of that year was brought up in the Vsevobueb, it was, under sucb cir· cumstances, only Datural that Ilyin-Zhenevsky's suggestion to combine with sucb "O)ympie Games" a chess tournament, sim­ilar to the one that had taken place in Stockholm in 1912 in con­nection with the Olympic Games was immediately accepted. .

While the general Olympics, feU through, the "Chess Olympiad" including a Championship Tourna· ment, as well as a tournament for "amateurs" took shape, and for the first-and possibly the last­time In the history of chess, a tournament was arranged by mili­tary uuthorities and in the rather unusual form of "commandeering" participants by orders o( military authodties to Moscow where they had to report by October 1, 1920. Incidentally, as 1lyin-Zhenevsky hastens to add (p. 42, ibid), it was not at all necessary to apply "(oree" beeause all cbess players who had been "rounded up" by the military authorities and brought on the way to the Olympics were only too glad to accept the invitation.

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P_' Q\)eS$ tite MfmJ", 'M<ty 1, 1912 ~ou,.nament ofl/e Conducted b,

Erich W. MtlTch.t"J 192 Seville Drive

Roche5tor 17, N. Y.

CORRECTION! 10 the issue of January 20, 1952

the annotations to the game, By· land-Hurt (rom the Tn-State Championship were incorrectly at­tributed to Kit Crittenden. These DOtes were the work of Dr. S. Werthammer who contributes most of the annotations to the West Vir­ginia Chess Bulletin from which this game and Dotes were reprintctl.

ENGLISH OPENING Philadelphia City Championship

Philade lphia, 1952

Notts by J. N . Cotttr White Black

H_ HICKMAN A. KOPPANY 1. P-QU Kt-k83 3. PxP KtxP 2. Kt-QB3 P-Q4 4. P-k4 Kt_Kt3

~:~ff ~: aK~~Kr.°d p~~~n. ~tii-'-; Gruenfekl eompll'x I, prObabl,y tho easiest defcII$C fur Dlack. S. P-Q4 P-k3 7. P-QR4 6. 8 ·K3 P-QB3 App.arenUy a prontWIl&" Idea. thla move has the scriOll.S drawback 01 weaken­Ing White's QKt4 penna nCfllly. 1. _ P..oR4 ,. Q-O.() .. Q.kt:! &-ktSl Entl.relv too opUmiIUc. c:rtleuiarb'

~~e.tWhif;e;~~~b~e~~'th': ~~ on bls 7th turn when by playing stno l,ghHorward chela .nth B-K2 with a view toward 8. P-KB4, 9. Kt-W, .and 10. 0-0 he would have had. a magnlf~At at t.llck.i.n&" peslt lon. 9 _ _ . 0-0 12. P_kRC k _1l1 10. 11-03 Qkt-Q2 13_ P_RS P-QIU 11. Kt-B3 Q-K2 14_ Kt-QKtS P_IISI A vel)' fine poIIitional uerHke_ IS. a xp Ktx8 17. P-QS? 16. QxKt R-1l31 K -KU was ahsoluUl,y Ae«MU]' to p~ vent the debac~ which follows. Inatead the move e h ....... n by Hickman hal a suhUe lIaw (i.a spite of ita ~f!lgl"ft:Siv. appeanncc) wblch Koppany explotta full,y. 17. _ PxP n. IIxkt 11. PxP K'-Kt3 Alte rnatlvea are equ ally hopelc .... 19. ~___ b8 10. P-R6 8-a41 Completely Ignorin;: Whitea threat of

. n"e ~X~t c~la~k~a ~Kt~:~~;h(nf~~~~~,~y ':,~ ~hlf~~t: li~~ H~: (sQ:!.. n~hlll;~c: magn lflc('"t dlaconal. 11. PxP eh KxP 23. kt-Q2 22. Q-Q4 ch P_B31

Af' •• "l/, K' Q~ KOPPANY

HICKMAN NcceSllllT"y. U 23. Qxlt. R·BI ch la (Ie­vnstaUng. 23_ .... _.. RIIKII Anothe r line conception. 24. PXR R_B1 ch 25. Kt. B4 0 -1<71

Ruigns White cannot stop ma le. A L~plly 1m·

g~~'f"~~dWI~~1110n~:~n~h~~lre~fI L~t e htl~~ qua lity. • ••

FRENCH DEFENSE Southern Chess An'n Champion·

ship, Ashevill., 1951

Naltl b., Kit C,jttt"dt" White :Jlack

M. SE IDE LMAN M. STARK 1. p ·K4 P-k3 3. ICt-QB3 Kt_k83 2. P-Q4 P·Q4 4_ P-I<S .. __ _ Thls va rll'llion. or whleh Whlle'a next

~O°.;:d~~: =:;:ry of·rhe" n~::~~te~

counterplay adopted by Black I" this

f~m~~ KKt.Q2 6. P.oB3 PxP

:~.!~:i:2de::.~, but nol cunsidered '"'st immedl.&tely, because B1ack'S B can check alter the P ftC'lIplure. 7 Px P P-B3" p. B4 __ ._ All .. part of White'. scheme. I. hP 10. Kt·Kt3 . _IttS ch • BPxP Q-R,S c h 11. 1(·82 __ _ N·d. &-Q2?, QxQl'. This varia tion n rst All' lI j1ht as far as I know, In .. game A\c" .. n ..... i--Pun'ly. Creat Britaln·Aust ... · lIa .... dlo III.Oltcn. Tlwre Whi te played 11.

~~~!rt5; g~re~~~K~B3~-~~.l~.ru: Kt-KU. 0-0 ~h 13. B.Kl Kt·KU l~ '("t-al QKt.B3 14. R·BI _ .... DCliign~ to PN ~ent Black's Xt from oc~upylng QB4. But If he 15 not to ae·

thtt ~~v~ 'i!fe;ar.:~l~wlr';.':~~tef; also bad be<:a\l-'l'.> of ___ .. , B-UG and

~'ifu P!~~SI ~:v/·~~~o~~i: ~BcCO~I~eb~orC:~r~;t\':!'s~a~~'!.~~ then there wou ld be no need to o~·

t~:.:~f:mlto~o~:v~;;,,~~ :~ d~~~I!,!c~nt elve him thc better game. White'. wedge Ps at KS and Q4 do Ilttle to eramp the enemy plec.... all the op­posing Q.B has .t least two method", Of

'4~t~ Into P~ 16. BxKt Px B 15. B·K2 Kt·B5 17. A·Bl _ .... Il now 17. RxP. Ul.ack can play slmpl,y U·R4,. lh....,.t"ning KbcQP a nd Kt.-K2, 1J.B3 Kt.-Q4 or 1M at appropriate mo· m .. nt.s, wlUl strong pre"""re. If the P is accepted, Black 15 assuf\.'d f)f • long initiative. But .as played, White'", de·

{~vTI.r= ~~y u..=r.f°h:ve$eb!e'": to take the: P and />ope. 17_ _ bKt IL KllR _ 11 IL WxR • .R.Bt. Or lL I'Ll{, Qx.RP ch wins the Xt next move. I &. _ QxR P .... KR_Rl

A /tn 19. KR-RI STA RK

1'he Q is trapPed! 1'_ .... _ R·III ch 20. a -1I4 . _~.~

~~~4 w~th '7~~e~la~t Q~W~;Ch~~. to 20 . . _ ._ KtxQPeh 21. QxKt '-__ Moving t he K ls .Lso futile : Z1. K·Kt4.

rK~.~~.; ~i,; Kl:.Ph.~P B'~ :Z;ln!tK~ JU w\nl. 21. ___ .. 8 _83 ch 23. khlP QxP ch 22. k -Kt4 P.R4 eh 2f. II -K t3 .. - _ Or 24_ Kt-t( U, Q-OO e h, foll(lwed by ftxD and wIn .. . 24 . ....... _ 8 .116 ch 25_ k .R4 .B.K2 ch 26_ Kt_B ' ch RxKt Vel")' e nj oyable .•

27. Px R P.lC tC ch U. KIIP Ox8ch 29. K-R4 B·Bl m.,.

FOUR KNIGHT'S GAME CapablJLnu Memoria l Tournament

Havana, 1952

Nol~J by /olm 1-:. HO"/>'tmh White 8lock

R. TORAN "E . LASKER I. P-1<4 P_K4 3. Kt-8 3 Kt-1I1 2. Kt-K83 Kt.QB3 4. P-Q4 _ .. __ .. Against this carly ~v'mce Is the fact th llt by coun ter-attack S and hittlnll" at White', eentcJf Dla: k lacea no dlfrle ult

~:!b!~~:t t~~ " dr!~f~g 1inC:};~~~ .. _~,I~t Q~ (lr 4 .. _ .. _._. B-K15 whcre in all prob­ability he will lace no du.ad vanta,o ail1Ce thO;lI"C arc a numbcr of C!qualll!.ln, varia tions lit h ls choice. . 4.. ._.__ PxP 5_ KtxP B· Kt5 By tnnspoSltion we bave a Scokh Game. , . I<llIKt KtPxK, 7_ B-Q3 .. __ While gel.s nolhl.ng out of 7. B-Q2. for an c r 7 _ ___ .• O,(); B. B-Q.S, P-Q4 and

Solutionl: Mat. t he Subtle Way I No_ 319 (Cook): 1. Q.n4. No. 320 (Fleck): 1. 0 ·k I2. No. 321 (lIukhl"): I. Q.Kte.

l. ~~- ~_~~_ru~~t~t'.t_ ~K~_~hQ~'~7~ l·[~4~al~·.~~~~,-~K~:K2~t-f'h.~tG ~~~: ___ .~ . K-Dl; 2. R:KKt4 c h . SOlve" fell for l rlel of 1. R-Kts (defo:alcd by I. ' __ j(. ~~~:; K2:Bn:KD.f. R-K2 !) . nd I. R-KtG (d efc ated b y 1. _._ , QR·K7; 2. ll-QG, •

Rlchllrd KuJoth eorre<:t. his "eookcd" PrOblem No. 031. with the foUowlnl pOl ltlon: K2b4. P Be, 4PIPI, k4Prl, P .5bQ, 3S", IS382, B_ Mow In two by 1. B-I<I.!I.

SO LVERS', LADDER (Two pointl 10, t "it'o-mO"Hrt; /"u, p.oints lor tbT(~mD'l'crs. e xt." crtdit fo.

COrftcl c1<1ims of "(!)Ou," i.~., ."alid solUlionl rlOI intendttl br l in (omport •. Tbis tall, ~O~et, 10/,lliolil /0 ' p,ob/eln, ill tht April J j'fII~ .ffei.,ttI "I' 10 1Ft.! limt "'~ ... tlll It> ".tll, on April 17. Solut;olll ,ubuqlltlltl, rtui."td ... iIl b~ trtdittJ on Ihe nat lAdJtr.) n ev. Chl(ll('y 272 J . II . • ·rance 166 C. J . Koch Ronnld O'Ncll 262 'to V. OMane~v 142 J<enncth Lay N. Yoc 236 I'. H. HunSicker 138 L. ;\1. Drown E. Dnyschuk 231 Geo. Smith 138 G. M. Danke r n _ Miche li 230 J . Kllurman IU },:. J . Kor l'ln ty J. £. Lucaa Z2S Jamel Dolton 114 D. W. Arey, Jr. M. A. Michae" 224 K. 101_ Colllni 112 Dr. J. M_ ":rman Dr. E. Ka",nu 222 1::. Nllrroway 110 C. D_ Colllni IL K. Tonak 208 }-!, Weatherlord 102 Jim Dunphy. Jr_

8ft J. D. Grknvoc 80 B. M. lIIarSha ll

~ r J~~~~~:t~rn 70 V. Conto5kl 68 W_ II. J amCll 56 n. A_ Sker1a 46 S. N_ Ynmak 010 Dr. BI:ankenihip

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now 1£ ~. P -BS. then either 9 •• __ •• Prl' or 9 .•.... -. IkKt, etc .• a nd Black ls al­mOIlt SUl'C of lit lean a draw_ Here It ls to be poinlcd. out twot 9. p-m, whieh Alekhlne played aa-atnst Alexander,

~t!"I':i ~r'd=.t',:~e:urf~~~J E.g., 9. __ .. _ , l'xP; 10. KtxP. KlXKt; 11_ PxKt a nd no ... It. _ . B-QB4 leavea Black with the better g:omc. 7. _. __ . P-04 L PxP .. _._. On L P -K.5. Kt.-Kt.5; 9. 0-0, B-Q.B4!; 10. P.KJl3, Kb KP; lind Bia<::k stand", better. L _ _ Px" Or • _ _ ....,..... Q-K2 ch; 9_ Q-K!, KtxP (9.

PsP' :;tQW~it!.°·I~ ~~~~~I_~! after 12.. B-Rll; 10. QxQ clt. X%Q: 11_ P-QRl. n-RC and alter 12_ H-Q2, KtxKl; 13. BxKt, DxB ch. etc_, the game Is even. 9. 0-0 0 _0 II . Q-B3 10. II ·KKts II ·K3 White would be In a very bad way af\.er

UixP~x~~l! Q::; h:~ ~%.RSk~p~tllixit 13. Q-RS, 1Ul-Q1I and BlI~k should wln In both ulItanc<'tL . 11 . •.•••.•. 8 ·k2 12. QR.KI Perh<lps White was apecl.lnll 12.. _ ......• P-Kn.:l; In wblch case he was prepared to continue with 13. BxP!. PIIB; 14. RxD!, I'xR; 15. Q-IU3 ch, K-U! and now a drow III foreed with IG. KtG as in Alck­hlne-Laper, Mo~ow, 1914. 11. ___ .. R_Kn 13. Kt·QI Q-Q1 After 13 _ _ ~_. n _Kl; 14. P-KR3, p.BJ, White has a little more I"rcetlom for his pieces, but Black baa a solid P In the C'f!nter which makes the: chances about even. 14. P-QK13 __ . __ The ensuin;: compllcaUons, which a p­parently allow m ack to co ..... mand more space. could h.ave been ,,"voided by 14. P-B3. [f then 14. ___ ~ . KR-Kl (14.. '_. __ , B-Kts; 15. Q-K(1): IS. P-KRl, P -Kn3: 16_ n.n4. etc .. whe l'C the IItrucgle ... w turn ito a strullllte for 5mo.ll adv:>ntaa:es. 14.. _ _ • P'_KR1 IS. B-R4 __

frb~~r::eh::r'::m~.:e a~ rlj1l,~r:n!n~:;! IOn! dla.onal with IS. 8-81. IS _ _ ._.. R_Kt5 IL II xB Qx8 16. II -K13 P-Q$ 19. Kt-KI2 8_04 11. P-KR3 B-Q3 20. Q-IC~ _._._.

:h~\~'~kr..05~t~ne:~r~:,;':L:~t:e -: fu~r:.I!~ weakne", vo luntarily? 210. Q-K2 ~ a more r ....... nable move slnec Black. can_ not continue with 20 _ _ ._ ..• R-Kl! 10. •... _.. QxQ 22. R_B4 P_84 21. PIIQ R_Kt3 23. Kt_R4 R_k3l lie Intend. to ae rve his cpusc, by ob-~~~n,o~vr~ c:.nctr~rlc~ IIntl hili strategy 24. KR_Bl ... .... . On U. nxn, PxH: tS. Klxf'. P-K4 a nd White would have to makc :>~ muc h con­cession a. be dn/'s with the text. 24. _...... k R.KI Il ls k1ca'. the u me_ 25. RxR __ .. __ Rr 2~. II ·QI, Kt-K~ : 26. IlxKt. Ilxll. c tc ., nnd UI~('k hold ~ Ihe <ldg ... ~S. PxR

Alu. 11. • PJl R LASKER

~r.. KtxP _ ...... . On 26. P-B4, n ·Tl3: 2.5 . KtxP, P .K4 and the "push" 18 'In. U. ........ P-K4 n. P.QKt4 P-QR4 21. P·QR4 " -KS ~O. B·R6 R-B2 2L 8 -1(2 R..oBI 31. K' ·Kt3 P-Q" Excellent! lie knows what he'a nn .. r a mi how he wllnt. It! 32. P·B4 II xP 35. R.B' Kt_K5! 33. R.QB1 IIIIBI 36_ R_K' 34_ RII R P-K' Of e(lu r", U :16. n " o, P ·le? wlnl. 36 . .... ,... 8 .Kt2 37. k-Ill Wha t ebe h u he Motn 21_ . __ ... 11..04 CO. k·KI B_Ktl 3&. R.kt 8xR 41 _ K-QI B-B3 39_ PxP 811P ch Rel lgns !'or If <12_ K1-8.5. B-De ch wlna.. II Kt-Q4 or Kt-BI , DxP ~h o:in"'o

SICILIAN DEFEN SE Marsh.1I Chess Club Junior

Ch ampionship, N e w York, 1951

White 8 1ack S. MARGULIE S I. BIZAR I . P-K4 P-QB4 2. P-Q4 . ___ . An Inte restln, way to meet t he Slcllilln . 2. __ ... Px P 3. Kt-KB3 P-K4 The tmly WP y tn try to relute P_Q4. It

~a~~n!~ ~.pn~::ft:uQ!'J~~h~~~ak w~~: : plect). l<t-QDl lu tl , 10 norm, l lIncl. 4. P.B3 PIIP S. QKhP P·Q3? mack's In.t mnve Is InEerlor because It nilowl Whtte nlnre thnn tmoujlh develop­ment fo r tho 1'. I'~r,:rllb le Will Kt;..QU3

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lor Black.. but White stili hu enough eempenu Uon for the P . 6. B-QU Q-B1 .. B-Q2? 7. Q.Kt3 KI-QB3 This move aiiowl 8Lack counte~hances whicl> would not havo been there had WbUe played B-K3! L __ ~_ Kt-83 t . kt.qlCt5 ._. __ Tbe he.o:tnn ln g 01 the attack. White caD­not afford to continue his development as Black would ,,1$0 fin15h hla. ,_ ___ o-K2 10. Kt-Kt5 P-QR3 'l'h .. onl,y wllJ' to stoP the attack_ It in­Yolves Itreat rI5k. for Black. 11_ ktxP ell __ 11 he retreata. D.I.ac.k plays Kt-Ql and should bold the game. 11. _.__ Qx Kt 13. KtxR 12. KtxBP Q_Qs If 13. 0-0-0. then 13. _ .... • P-QKt4 I nd wins. J( 13. B-K~. then 13 . . ~ __ • D-Kt$ chi 14; K-Dl, QxKP; 1.5. " -BJ (not 15. KtxR, B-KR6!; 16. p .D3, QxP ch ,. Q-B4, ~~;~~~~I.nttt-fx~eh!~e:. Black counter-13 • ..... _~ QxKP ch 16. 8 -K3 BII8 14_ IC_BI II_QII4 17. Rx8 Kt-KKtS 15. R_K1 Q-IlS I &. R-KB3 ..... ~_ In accute t1me·pressure, White goca l.n for a dcsperate attack. Ill. ........ Ktx P ch 20. K-KI ,,_ RxKt QxR Still In vc ry had Ume-prcuure. White has good reas..,' to lear Q-Jl.8 eh and Kt-Q5eh. 20. _ ... _. 4 Kt_QSI

20.

21. B-KIS 'hI? PxB!

T he only way to ret"te the aUack. 22. Q-Krech 1C-02 11. K_K2 RxPe h 13. Q-Q5ch K-82 2L K_K] O-Kkh 14_ R-Illeh K- Kt3 29. K-1I3 QxPch 15_ Q-Qkh ICt-B3 30. K_1C4 R-Kleh 26. P-Qi(t4 Q_Kt!"h 31; K-9} 9~~~ !"a,~

White

SICILIAN DEFENSE Seventh Match Game

New York, 1952

M_ NAJDORF I. P_K4 P-Q1I4 2. Kt -1C1I3 Po03 3. P..o4 PII P 4. Ktx P Kt_K83 5. Kt-Q1I3 P-QR3 "P-1l4 Q.1I2 1. B-K2 P.k4 I. Kt_B3 8 ·1(3 t . o,() QKt-Q1 10_ K_Rl 8 .K1 11 . Q_k l O,() It. PxP PII P 13. Kt. KR.4 B-QKtS 14. Bo03 BxlCt 15. Px B Kt.A4 1'. Kt-1I5 BxKt 17. PxB KKt·1I3 II. P_B4 KR·Kl It. R-QKtl QR_QI 20_ B-ktS Q-Bl 21. Q_Kt~ P-Qkt3

RI~ck S. RU HI!VSKY

tt. II .K2 P-R3 21. II_III Q.KJ 24. B-Q3 Q.B3 2S. Q-KI Kt_1I 4 U . B.1(2 R-Q3 27. II.Kt2 Q. R5 21. Q_II I KKt.KS 29. R_KI Kt-Q7 30. R,R' P_B] 31. 8 .Q83 KtxP n. P-QR3 P-QR4 33. Q.Kt1 KR-QI 34. 8·QKt4 Kt.g1 35. IIIIKKt Rxa 36. O.P QIIBP 37. KR.QBI Q-Kt7 33. B_B4 en K-R2 3', QIIKt Rx P 40. R_R2 Fl xP ch 41. IC·KtI qxR ch

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~~!~:tiin ~~; 1-3.R-~~h';h. ~R7 ~: R..Q3!, QxR; 5. Kt-KS e h lind 6. KtxQ. Winning.

We will also a~cej)t a Jess forceful win fu hmltted as I . R·K8 cb, K-Q2; 2 . n-K3, Q-Kt2; 3. Xt·KlI ch. K moves; 4. nxJl. allhough the win Is not quIte as clear.

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